Fakeminsk TG Fiction: Constant in All Other Things

Constant, Book 5: Sweet / Sentimental

“Friendship is constant in all other things

Writing Update: 14-03-25

Change: -1,528

Year to Date: 50,572

I completely failed to stay away from the keyboard this week. I wrote 2k at the start of the week, bringing the Christmas arc as far as I can without first returning to chapter 6. Then, I gave the Ch...

Introducing Kieran: untitled short story

Nearly a year ago, I lay some groundwork for a possible short story. That's Kieran, a young Irish lad who's gotten himself into a bit of trouble. The artwork is courtesy of Fraylim. I think the picture really nails the reluctantly cross-dressed vi...

A Christmas Story, part 8

At just over 11k words in length, this chapter

Writing Update: 07-03-25

Change: +6,686

Year to Date: 51,288

Hey, fifty thousand words by the first week of March ain't bad, is it?

Still, it's been a bit of a rough week, to be honest. Felt pretty down for the first half of the week--tired, and a little...

A Christmas Story, part 7

Almost there! This is part 7 of 8 of what will form the "Christmas arc" of Constant. While I fear I've probably erred on the side of too-much sex, there is at least somewhat of a point to all this smut: it's dragging David's character back from th...

Exclusive Preview: Christmas Story, part 8

Continuing with the top-tier exclusive previews, here's a somewhat 'raw' version of what will be going out next week. It's still very much a work in progress, and I'm not at all happy with the current state of the mental dialogue, but it gives a s...

Writing Update: 28-02-25

Change: +9,289

Year to date: 44,603

Caught up on last week's shortfall, and then some. I've decided to split the final chapter of the Christmas arc in two--it was getting a touch long--so the next part is coming out next week, and then...

Exclusive Preview: Christmas, Part 7

I've been thinking about ways to better reward the higher tier. Truth is, I haven't really kept my side of the bargain, which was to provide both Constant stuff, and exclusive short fiction, too. However, I've been so wrapped up in Constant that a...

A Christmas Story, Part 6: Good Girl

Enjoy! As always, comments and feedback are appreciated.

Six: Good Girl      

“Be a good girl,” he said. His voice thrummed with humour. “Wait here.” There’d been something else ...

Sneak Peek: A Christmas Story, Finale

The following 500-word sneak peek comes from the final chapter of the Christmas story arc of Constant. I'll leave it as is, and leave readers to consider what series of events could have led from those earlier chapters to-this.

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Writing Update: 21-02-25

Change: +3630

Year to date: 35,313

I just finished reading Orbital, the 2024 Booker prize winner. I'd highly recommend it. It's a slim but dense read, beautiful prose, an elegy to our planet and the people living on it written along th...

A Christmas Story, part 5

Revised and completed edit of part 5. Part 6 to follow next week.

Five: What It’s Like for a Man

Later that afternoon, Mr. Connor retrieves the Christmas decorations from storage. The plastic containers are stacked h...

Valentine's Day Sneak Peek

Why not, it's Valentine's Day, right? Enjoy a little romantic sneak peek from the chapter currently in progress. Did I say romantic? I meant explicit. But hopefully, romantically explicit. Or maybe explicitly romantic. You decide.

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Writing Update: 14-02-25

Change: +7,041

Year-to-date: 31,683

Working through some of the thorny bits nearing the end of Chapter 8 has sapped some of the writing momentum from this week, as did a twelve-hour work day yesterday--by the time I was able to turn to...

A Christmas Story, Part 5a

Okay, so I admit the so-called 'Christmas Story' has gotten a little out of hand. It's currently sitting at 35,549 words. Even takes as Chapter 8, it's a bit long and looking to be the longest chapter in the series to date.

It started with a...

Writing Update: 07/02/25

Change: +7,969

Year to Date: 31,345

Another good week for reading, sticking to or surpassing my current daily target. Long may it continue!

The Christmas Story concludes next week. It took a bit of an unexpected twist in today's ...

Fanart by Fraylim: Red Dress

It's been entirely too long since I've shared any of Fraylim's fantastic art.

This one references an unpublished scene, though it's easy to imagine Cindy out in this outfit for any number of occasions: a night out with her girlfriends; a da...

A Christmas Story, Part 4

Four: Cracks In the Ice

The morning dawns in slow greys. His breathing is a slow and steady rhythmic heat against my neck. One of his arms lies hooked beneath a pillow, the other heavily over my side. His hand rests lightly ...

Writing Update: 31/01/25

Change: +6,103

Year to Date: 23,376

I can't believe how quickly January's gone!

A frustrating week, in some ways. Started strongly--hit two thousand on Friday--but couldn't quite maintain the momentum and barely cleared five hund...

A Christmas Story, Part 3

I really shouldn't post this yet, and instead hold it back to build up a bit more of a buffer between writing and publishing. But as always, I'm just too keen to get this out to you, the readers. I hope you enjoy it - comments and feedback, as alw...

Sneak Peek: Christmas Eve

Reading mainstream fiction, it's remarkable how little attention is paid to what character wear, outside of a the occasional detail here or there. For example, Sally Rooney might have a character mention their best dress, or the colour of a skirt;...

Writing Update: 24/01/25

Change: +9,513

Year to date: 17,271

A fantastic week for writing. Just shy of 2k/day, and there's a palpable sense of progress when writing at that pace. I doubt I'll be able to maintain in, but for now I'm enjoying the ride. Whether b...

A Christmas Story (2/4)

The next part of the in-progress "A Christmas S